It’s not easy to innovate in a highly regulated market, but it’s still necessary, right? We would like to know what you think about the need for packaging innovation in the medical device market. Take our short survey now...

Flexible packaging innovator Rollprint Packaging Products, in business since 1933, has merged with Alliantz Flexible Packaging in Singapore and EuroFoil Teo in Ireland. PAXXUS—the combined company’s new global identity—is now positioned as a...

Sterilization, integrity testing, anti-counterfeiting, logistics and supplier sourcing remain top concerns of packaging professionals at healthcare product manufacturing companies, based on page views during 2018 at PackagingDigest.com.Our...

Medtronic has developed a new customer-centric design after observing previous packages in actual use and talking with medical professionals to gain insight into how users’ core needs could be better met.The medical device manufacturer earned a...

“If it’s not critical to package performance, then don’t overspecify.”“Be careful of voluntary standards. There have been occasions where, over time, they have ‘morphed’ into requirements.”“There is very little control of the packaging system once...

New advances in direct seal systems simplify packaging for medical devices, saving costs, improving printability and enabling optimization of gas sterilization cycles.By Jonathan Andrews and Matthew JosephIt’s no secret that U.S. hospitals and...

Package design is an integral part of the entire medical device development process, yet it is frequently left as an afterthought or the decision is made to purchase an off-the-shelf system without consideration to the device or sterilization...

In the medical device industry, the product is the main thing. It has to be safe. It has to be efficacious. It has to be…packaged...

By building a new Tyvek production line in its Luxembourg facility, DowDuPont Specialty Products Div. will be freeing up medical packaging capacity in the U.S.Christian Marx, vp and general manager for Tyvek-Typar at DowDuPont, explains, “Although...